SD WAN

An Update: Juniper’s Mistification Almost Complete

We attended a well-organized and information-packed virtual conference hosted by Juniper Networks last week.  While there were many themes (400G, telco cloud, AI, Mist), the one that really came through was how much the Mist acquisition has reinvigorated the Juniper organization.  About a year ago, Juniper made its acquisition of… Read More »An Update: Juniper’s Mistification Almost Complete

HPE Aruba Networks #ATMDigital conference wrap-up

Throughout the years, I’ve attended Aruba’s Atmosphere conferences.  This year, I missed the in-person connections of the previous years, but Aruba did a great job transitioning over to a virtual event with engaging content…and some green screens.  At Aruba’s user conference, Atmosphere, the company informed attendees of its new single-pane,… Read More »HPE Aruba Networks #ATMDigital conference wrap-up

Ribbon Perspectives 2019 Conference UPdate – Transitioning to Analytics & Data Markets

The main message of Ribbon keynotes was that Ribbon has moved from a voice and SBC focus to a broader scope including data and analytics, such as UCaaS, Security-as-a-Service, Service Assurance-as-a-Service, SIP Trunking-as-a-Service, SD-WAN, and analytics.  The company identified two major catalysts to the change in company scope: the August… Read More »Ribbon Perspectives 2019 Conference UPdate – Transitioning to Analytics & Data Markets

Aruba Atmosphere Was About SD-Branch, 802.11ax and 802.11ad

We attended the Aruba Atmosphere 2019 user conference in Las Vegas.  What we learned was that Aruba had made solid progress since last year’s Atmosphere conference.  It has delivered on 802.11ax, SD-Branch (and SD-WAN), AI/ML, and Zigbee/Bluetooth 5.0, and elements of the IoT market.  The company also introduced a new… Read More »Aruba Atmosphere Was About SD-Branch, 802.11ax and 802.11ad

NFV World Congress – Nokia, NEC/netcracker, Google, CenturyTel Highlights

Keynotes at the NFV World & Zero-Touch Congress in San Jose, California were very interesting today.  We share our observations and view of the main themes from these interesting presentations by Nokia, NEC/Netcracker, Google, CenturyTel.  The main theme of these presentations, we think, is this:  NFV/SDN is now deeply in… Read More »NFV World Congress – Nokia, NEC/netcracker, Google, CenturyTel Highlights

Riverbed acquires xirrus

 SD-WAN vendor Riverbed announced plans to acquire Wireless LAN vendor Xirrus today. Riverbed emphasizes its product line and portfolio strategy in the Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) market.  Xirrus has emphasized its product portfolio as being a cloud-enabled Wireless LAN (WLAN) market vendor.  Two main themes come to mind… Read More »Riverbed acquires xirrus